Ayer como Ayer, Ahora como Ahora

March 17, 2017March 17, 2017

The first of many

The Zapatista National Liberation Army

Mexico

March 2017

To the Sixth in all the world:

Comrades:

Aswehadpromisedthatwewere goingtoseehowbest to supportyousothat you can,inturn,supporttheresistanceandrebellionofthose whoarepersecutedandseparatedbywalls,I am happy to inform you that we’ve made some progress.

The firsttonofzapatista coffee for thecampaign is ready“AgainstthewallsoftheCapital:resistance,rebellion, solidarity and support from belowandtotheleft”.

Our Coffeeis100%zapatista.Cultivatedin zapatistalandsby zapatistahands;harvestedby zapatistas;driedundertheSun by zapatista;ground in a zapatista machine; because the zapatistamillbrokeat the fault of zapatistas;It wasarrangedbyzapatistas(using abearing that wasnot zapatista);thenpackagedby zapatistas,labeled by zapatistasandtransported byzapatistas.

Thiszapatista coffeeistastierifit is consumed in struggle.We are sharing a smallvideothat wasmadethe Tercios Compas where you can see theprocess:from the coffee grove,tothewarehouse.

We arealsoalready sortingandpackingthe creative pieces that thezapatistas participated in this past CompArte, all the samewe willalsosendthemtosupport youractivities.

We hopethatwecandeliver them attheApril event so that it can start making its way to all thedifferentcornersoftheworldwherethere are Sixth,i.e.,wherethere isresistanceandrebellion.

We hopethatwiththis initial solidarity you canstartorcontinue yourworkofsupportingall those who are persecutedanddiscriminated in theworld.

Perhapsyouwonderhowit isthatitwillgetthatto all thecorners?Maybeinthesamewaythatit was produced,i.e. by organizing.

In other words youare being askedtoorganize yourselvesnotonlyforthat task, but alsoandaboveall else, toact in solidarity with the peoplewho arenow being persecutedsimplyforhavingacolorofskin,aculture,abelief,aplace of origin,ahistory,alife.

Andthat is not all:alwaysrememberthatwe mustresist, we mustrebel, wemustfight back,we must organize ourselves.

Oh,and we ask you howit issaidwhatwe intend tosay,but in a mannerthat heunderstand’sit:

Fuck Trump!

(and since we’re at it all the rest– be it PeñaNieto,Macri, Temer,Rajoy,Putin,Merkel,May,LePen,Berlusconi,Jinping,Netanyahu,al-Asad,and you canaddwhatever their name isorwhatever they are going to name thewallthathastocome down,that way,allwallsreceive the message-).

(Be it understoodthatit isthefirstofseveraltonsandthefirstofseveralstories– *thatarenot made of mint-).